1 Kings 20:11 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹¹ The king of Israel answered, “Enough! One who puts on armor should not brag like one who takes it off.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹¹ And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ The king of Israel answered, Tell him: Let not him who girds on his harness boast as he who puts it off.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹¹ And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his armor boast himself as he that putteth it off.

Common English Bible

¹¹ Then Israel’s king replied, “The one who prepares for battle shouldn’t brag like one returning from battle.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ And responding, the king of Israel said, "Tell him that one who is girded should not boast the same as one who is ungirded."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹¹ And the king of Israel answering said: Tell him: Let not the girded boast himself as the ungirded.

1 Kings 20:11 Cross References

2 Kings 3:21

When all the Moabites heard that the kings had come up to fight against them, all who were able to put on armor, from the youngest to the oldest, were called out and were drawn up at the frontier.

Job 41:8

Lay hands on it; think of the battle; you will not do it again!

Proverbs 27:1

Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.

Ecclesiastes 9:11

Again I saw that under the sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to the skillful, but time and chance happen to them all.

Jeremiah 46:17

Give Pharaoh, king of Egypt, the name “Braggart who missed his chance.”

Jeremiah 9:23

Thus says the Lord: Do not let the wise boast in their wisdom; do not let the mighty boast in their might; do not let the wealthy boast in their wealth;

Matthew 26:75

Then Peter remembered what Jesus had said: “Before the cock crows, you will deny me three times.” And he went out and wept bitterly.

1 Samuel 14:6

Jonathan said to the young man who carried his armor, “Come, let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised; it may be that the Lord will act for us, for nothing can hinder the Lord from saving by many or by few.”